D&D 5E (2014) Everything We Know About The Ravenloft Book

Here is a list of everything we know so far about the upcoming Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft. Art by Paul Scott Canavan May 18th, 256 pages 30 domains (with 30 villainous darklords) Barovia (Strahd), Dementlieu (twisted fairly tales), Lamordia (flesh golem), Falkovnia (zombies), Kalakeri (Indian folklore, dark rainforests), Valachan (hunting PCs for sport), Lamordia (mad science) NPCs...
Here is a list of everything we know so far about the upcoming Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft.

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Art by Paul Scott Canavan​
  • May 18th, 256 pages
  • 30 domains (with 30 villainous darklords)
  • Barovia (Strahd), Dementlieu (twisted fairly tales), Lamordia (flesh golem), Falkovnia (zombies), Kalakeri (Indian folklore, dark rainforests), Valachan (hunting PCs for sport), Lamordia (mad science)
  • NPCs include Esmerelda de’Avenir, Weathermay-Foxgrove twins, traveling detective Alanik Ray.
  • Large section on setting safe boundaries.
  • Dark Gifts are character traits with a cost.
  • College of Spirits (bard storytellers who manipulate spirits of folklore) and Undead Patron (warlock) subclasses.
  • Dhampir, Reborn, and Hexblood lineages.
  • Cultural consultants used.
  • Fresh take on Vistani.
  • 40 pages of monsters. Also nautical monsters in Sea of Sorrows.
  • 20 page adventure called The House of Lament - haunted house, spirits, seances.

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D&D 5E - Full Wraparound Cover Art For Ravenloft

We've seen the cover already, but here's a look at the full wraparound art by Anna Podedworna. https://www.enworld.org/threads/updated-with-cover-the-d-d-book-is-van-richtens-guide-to-ravenloft.678411/ https://www.enworld.org/threads/heres-the-ravenloft-alternate-cover.678414/...
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D&D 5E - Here's the Ravenloft Alternate Cover!

As usual, there is an alternate hobby-store exclusive cover for the upcoming Ravenloft book. Here's a look at it! And here's the full wraparound art. https://www.enworld.org/threads/updated-with-cover-the-d-d-book-is-van-richtens-guide-to-ravenloft.678411/...
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D&D 5E - [Updated with cover!] The D&D Book Is.... Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft!

Yesterday's hints that a new D&D book would be announced today have born fruit -- we now have a product description and a title! It's a Ravenloft setting book, with tools and new rules for horror-themed games, and new horror-themed character options. I'll update this post with a product image as...
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Lore You Should Know thoughts:
  • Hard to say if Ankhtepot has been retconned or evolved.
    • Classic Ankhtepot: Turned against Ra, got immortality but isn't happy with it, wants to be mortal again but can't permanently achieve it.
    • New Ankhtepot: Turned against the gods, got immortality but isn't happy with it, wants the shards of his soul back and just wants it to end.
  • "I want to replace the gods" and "I just want it to end" could potentially be evolutions of his old behavior. Hard to say until we get the book.
  • The Children of Ankhtepot are still around; I wonder if Senmet is still a factor? (Sounds like 5E Ankhtepot may be stealing a bit from Senmet, though.)
I suspect this is another retcon, but perhaps one that isn't incompatible with the old. Overall, though, I suspect if you'll want to reconcile the pre-5E and 5E versions of Ravenloft (both of which have interacted with other canonical D&D settings), you're going to have to assume the Time of Unparalleled Darkness (or something else) did a Crisis on Infinite Earths and rebooted the entire setting. (Fortunately, the Grand Conjunction established a sort-of precedent.)
 



My opinion is WotC has got big plans for Ravenloft as IP for the market of young adults. They want Ravenloft to "eat" Call of Chulthu and World of Darkenss, with a lore used by other Game-Masters for their no-d20 games.

The nature of the demiplane of the dread is enough strange and mysterious to allow a reboot of the dread domains. Maybe some dark lords were killed by a time-traveler from the future, but the dark powers chose other wicked souls.

* What is about "disaster(survival)"? I can be a natural disaster, for example a forest fire or a plague of vermins, or a no-natural menace as a mutant predator.
 



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